Static Application Security Testing Job Trends in Berkshire

Static Application Security Testing (SAST)
South East > Berkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and salary benchmarking for jobs advertised in Berkshire requiring Static Application Security Testing skills. It covers permanent job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 24 August 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
24 Aug 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 124 - 141
Rank change year-on-year - - +8
Permanent jobs citing Static Application Security Testing 2 0 2
As % of all permanent jobs in Berkshire 0.062% - 0.079%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 0.088% - 0.096%
Number of salaries quoted 2 0 2
10th Percentile - - £56,500
25th Percentile £56,250 - £58,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £57,500 - £65,000
75th Percentile £58,750 - £68,750
90th Percentile - - £69,500
South East median annual salary £57,500 - £85,000
% change year-on-year - - -5.56%

All Process & Methodology Skills
Berkshire

Static Application Security Testing falls under the Processes and Methodologies category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all permanent job vacancies requiring process or methodology skills in Berkshire.

Permanent vacancies with a requirement for process or methodology skills 2,276 1,700 2,073
As % of all permanent jobs advertised in Berkshire 70.01% 88.31% 81.42%
Number of salaries quoted 1,544 704 1,210
10th Percentile £30,000 £27,000 £34,750
25th Percentile £40,000 £35,500 £44,750
Median annual salary (50th Percentile) £55,000 £50,000 £58,000
Median % change year-on-year +10.00% -13.79% +5.36%
75th Percentile £71,535 £72,500 £74,688
90th Percentile £90,000 £85,000 £85,000
South East median annual salary £55,000 £50,000 £52,500
% change year-on-year +10.00% -4.76% -4.55%

Static Application Security Testing
Job Vacancy Trend in Berkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of permanent IT job postings citing Static Application Security Testing relative to all permanent IT jobs advertised in Berkshire.

Static Application Security Testing job vacancy trend in Berkshire

Static Application Security Testing
Salary Trend in Berkshire

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Static Application Security Testing.

Salary distribution trend for jobs in Berkshire citing Static Application Security Testing

Static Application Security Testing
Job Locations in Berkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median salaries quoted in IT jobs citing Static Application Security Testing within the Berkshire region over the 6 months to 24 August 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Median Salary
Past 6 Months
Median Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Reading - 2 £57,500 - 1
Static Application Security Testing
South East

Static Application Security Testing
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in Berkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

General
1 2 (100.00%) Analytical Skills
Job Titles
1 2 (100.00%) Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security Analyst
1 2 (100.00%) Security Analyst
Miscellaneous
1 2 (100.00%) Security Posture
Processes & Methodologies
1 2 (100.00%) Application Security
1 2 (100.00%) Coaching
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science
1 2 (100.00%) Cryptography
1 2 (100.00%) Dynamic Application Security Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Information Security
1 2 (100.00%) Mentoring
1 2 (100.00%) Open Source
1 2 (100.00%) OWASP
1 2 (100.00%) Problem-Solving
1 2 (100.00%) Risk Management
1 2 (100.00%) SDLC
1 2 (100.00%) Secure Coding
1 2 (100.00%) Software Engineering
1 2 (100.00%) Software Testing
1 2 (100.00%) Vulnerability Management
Programming Languages
1 2 (100.00%) C#
1 2 (100.00%) Java
1 2 (100.00%) Python
Qualifications
1 2 (100.00%) Computer Science Degree
1 2 (100.00%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 2 (100.00%) QA